I'm working on a fantasy novel containing a romance, which includes sex. Quite often in novels, I note that the guy and girl tend to just go for it without much discussion. Birth control & safety doesn't seem like much of an issue - or in the case of fantasy, birth control seems to be non-existent in many worlds.
My problem is that the girl isn't compatible. It is known that a pregnancy with a human would most likely be fatal for her. The guy also knows this. They are in love and they want each other, but they are not stupid. He doesn't want to hurt (or kill) her. He is not going to do her if he thinks that it might kill her. It follows that they must discuss birth control at some point. These two can't just fall into each others' arms. It would be way too dumb and dangerous.
So I'm thinking, that either the girl pulls a discrete and sneaky manouver, where she tells the guy's best friend that she eats a BC-herb and manipulates them into talking about it when she isn't present (that could be a neat comic relief scene). Or, they simply have a short version of the BC-talk before they do it, where I will have to work hard to phrase it in a way that doesn't break the romatic mood.
Any thoughts on this?
Any fantasy novels you know where the lovers actually have the birth control conversation?
My problem is that the girl isn't compatible. It is known that a pregnancy with a human would most likely be fatal for her. The guy also knows this. They are in love and they want each other, but they are not stupid. He doesn't want to hurt (or kill) her. He is not going to do her if he thinks that it might kill her. It follows that they must discuss birth control at some point. These two can't just fall into each others' arms. It would be way too dumb and dangerous.
So I'm thinking, that either the girl pulls a discrete and sneaky manouver, where she tells the guy's best friend that she eats a BC-herb and manipulates them into talking about it when she isn't present (that could be a neat comic relief scene). Or, they simply have a short version of the BC-talk before they do it, where I will have to work hard to phrase it in a way that doesn't break the romatic mood.
Any thoughts on this?
Any fantasy novels you know where the lovers actually have the birth control conversation?